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A culinary tour of Ireland stops in Galway, where oysters are sampled; and Westport, where host Bobby Chin meets the Chieftains. Also: fishing for salmon in Connemara; the Nenagh Agricultural Show; and a baking competition in Tipperary.

Season 13 Episode Guide

A culinary tour of Ireland stops in Galway, where oysters are sampled; and Westport, where host Bobby Chin meets the Chieftains. Also: fishing for salmon in Connemara; the Nenagh Agricultural Show; and a baking competition in Tipperary.

A tour of Switzerland spotlights cutting-edge scientific discoveries; Charlie Chaplin's house in Vevey; golf in Riederalp; Gemmi Pass; the Einstein Museum in Bern; military fortresses along Lake Lucerne; Gotthard Pass; and the Glacier Express. Also: a beard competition; the banking industry in Zurich; and yodeling farmers.

A tour of WWI sites in France and Belgium. Included: Meaux, France, which is home to the Museum of the Great War; Ypres, Belgium, where many battles took place; and Verdun, France, where 300,000 French and German soldiers lost their lives in 1916.

A tour of Peru begins in Cajamarca, where thousands of Incan soldiers died at the hands of Pizarro's conquistadors; and Lima, which was home to the Spanish Inquisition in South America. The trek concludes at the volcano El Misti.

Central Japan is toured. Stops include Kyoto, where a flea market, the Fushimi Inari Shinto Shrine and Toji Buddhist Temple are visited; and Osaka, where a cat café and theme park are experienced. Also: the home of the Ninja at Iga-Ueno; the site of a samurai battle in Sekigahara; the remote island of Sado; and the Nada Fighting Festival in Himeji

Five great hikes in Australia, including the Bishop and Clerk Trail on Maria Island; the Blue Mountains of New South Wales; the Great Ocean Road in Victoria; Mount Gower on Lord Howe Island; and Lamington National Park in Queensland.

Season 13 opens with a tour of Myanmar. Sites include Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, which is the country's most revered Buddhist temple; Inle Lake; Shan Palace in Hsipaw; and the golden Mahamuni Buddha in Mandalay.